Biscuit-cutter.



B'ISCUIT GUTTER.

, APPLIoATIoN FILED AUG. 15, 1904.

facturer, residing UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

p EMIL woELKE, F HARBURG-oN-THE-ELBE, GERMANY.

BISCUIT'CUTTER.y

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. so, 1906.

I Application led August 15. 1904. Serial No. 220,818.

tion.

The invention relates t0 im rovements in biscuit-cutters and the like,an is adapted to be a plied either to power or manually operate cutters,and has for its object the provision of a cutter capable when applied toa strip or piece of dough of subdividing an area thereof-equal tothearea of the cutter into completely-formed distinct'biscuits or units,thereby avoiding the formation of scraps or incompletely-formed unitsboth at the margins ofthe cutter and at points intermediate thereof. Y i

To this end the invention consists in the provision of a cutter providedon its working face with a plurality of intersecting cuttingribs formingintervening cavities of different size and contour throughout the lengthof the cutter,l the fractional or end cavities intersected by the endsof the cutter being provided With marginal cutting-ribs.

The invention is also adapted for cutters designed to subdivide thedough into distinct units of uniform size. f

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rolling-pin havin theusual cylindrical working surface an showing the inventiony appliedthereto. plurality of biscuits or dough units formedv by said cutters.

Thebiscu'it-cutter shown is cylindrical in form and is embodied in theusual rolling-pin 4, havin handles 5, the surface of which is providewith a plurality of sharp cutting ridges or ribs extending completelyacross its working face. The said ridges or ribs intersect and join in amanner to form a plurality of intervening cavities, each cavitythroughout the length of the cutter subdividingthe dough into completeunits. The arran ement of the cutting-ribs herein shown is esigned toform the dough into distinct units of differenty sizes and contour, theshapes bein somewhat fantastic, although the inventlon is also adaptedfor cutters designed Fig. 2 is a view of a l to form units of uniformsize. The cuttingribs (designated by 6 and 8) formheart-shaped cavities7 and `also oblong pointed cavities 10, all of said cavities beingpreferably located in alinement. The cutting-ribs 6 also formintermediate cavities 9, producing outwardlypointed units. At the endsof the cutter where the cavities 9 are interseeted and where anincompletely-formed unit would ordinarily be produced I providefractional cutting-ribs 12 along the margins of the cutter-formingcavities 11. In Fig. 2 is shown a plurality of units or biscuits formedby the `cutter from the end margin thereof inwardly.

The units d are formed in the cavities 11, the outwardly-pointed units bin the cavities 9, the oblong units c in the cavities 10, and theheart-shaped units a, in the cavities 7.

It will bevseen from the foregoing that the cutter shown servesthroughout its length to subdivide the dough into completely-formedunits, entirely avoiding the formation of scraps and the time employedin collecting andpreparing the same for a second cutting operation.

I claim- 1. A biscuit-cutterprovided with a plurality of intersectingcutting-ribs forming intervening cavities of different size and contourthroughout the length of the cutter, the fractional end cavitiesinterseeted by the ends of the cutter being provided with marginalcutting-ribs, each cavity throughout the length of said cutter includinsaid end cavities serving to subdivide the ough into distinct andcomplete units.

2. A cylindrical biscuit-cutter provided with a plurality ofintersecting cutting-ribs forming intervening cavities throughout thelength of the cutter, the fractional end cavities interseeted by theends of the cutter being provided with marginal cutting-ribs, eachcavity throughout the length of said cutter includin said end cavitiesserving to subdivide the ough into distinct and complete units.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, EMIL WOELKE.

Witnesses:

E. H. L. MUMMENHOFF, OTTO W. HELLMRIOH.

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